Himachal receives snow and rainfall, MeT issues orange alert, forecast wet spell

Light to heavy rains in the past week has reduced the rain deficit from 86 per cent on March 15 to 54 per cent on March 22 as the state received 39.1 mm of rain against the normal rainfall of 85.5 mm in the month of March till day. The state witnessed an overall rain deficiency of about 36 per cent from January 1 to February 28 which stood at nearly 100 per cent in the month of December last year.